sirmmate

See also: sirmmatē

Latvian

From sirms (“gray”) +‎ mats (“hair”) +‎ -e (“fem.”).

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sirmmate f (5th declension, masculine form: sirmmatis)

gray-haired woman (a woman having gray hair)
krāsoju ik pēc 2 mēnešiem, ja nekrāsotu, būtu sirmmate ― I have been painting (my hair) for two months, if I didn't paint, I would be a gray-haired woman

blondīne, pareizāk sirmmate izskatījās apmulsusi tāpat kā otra sēdētāja ― the blonde or, more accurately, the gray-haired woman looked as embarrassed as the other sitting (woman)